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Update: City says gun-range water runoff does not ‘indicate strong potential’ for lead concerns

Dallas Fire-Rescue dumped a lot of water on that gun range fire Sunday.

Update at 12:29 p.m.: City of Dallas spokesman Frank Librio says the test results are in, and the water’s just fine. His brief statement, in full, reads:

Initial field data suggests the measurements are generally consistent with the ambient conditions baseline for this water body, and do not indicate any strong potential for concern.

He has referred any questions concerning air quality to the Environmental Protection Agency or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.Original item at 9:02 a.m.: The fate of the DFW Gun Range on W. Mockingbird is unclear this morning following yesterday’s four-alarm fire sparked by a tracer round that lodged in the back wall. Also unclear: how much lead was in the runoff water that got into the city’s storm water system.

That’s something the city wants to know. As soon as possible.

“We responded to the fire yesterday and are continuing to monitor site conditions,” says Frank Librio, spokesman for Dallas City Hall, via email this morning. “We have sampled affected water bodies and submitted to a commercial analytical laboratory for analysis for metals and nitrates, under an expedited turnaround. We do not yet have the laboratory results.”

Librio said in a follow-up interview that the results should be available some time today; we’ll update when they arrive. He’s also checking to see if the air quality was monitored during or after the fire, whose smoke could be seen from Frisco to Fair Park.

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